THEA 1023FF Midterm: Twelfth Night

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27 Apr 2023

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Utah Valley University

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Theatre

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THEA 1023FF

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Uvu"s production of twelfth night was a fun, and fresh way to debut the noorda"s outdoor theater. Shakespeare historically was performed in a theater called the globe, built outside of london in 1559. At the globe individuals of all classes would gather together in an open-air amphitheater to enjoy a bunch of men reading lines and putting on one of shakespeare"s stories. In uvu"s production, i felt like i was transported back to that time. The layout for this performance was similar to that of shakespeare"s time. Chairs were set up on stairs facing a stage, and actors traveled all around the audience, bringing every person into the universe of. I think that the staging was a perfect way to keep people engaged throughout the story. If the blocking and facial expressions do not match the words, it is incredibly confusing for the audience. In this performance, the actors seemed to have a good understanding of the language.

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The Shakespeare Theatre has a monopoly on productions of Othello in Washington, DC. They hire you to analyze whether offering a 'young adult' discount could help increase profits. After some economic analysis, you discover that the demand curve for Othello tickets is different for those under 35 years old than for those over 35 years old. In particular, the demand for the younger crowd is Qd (<35) = 620 - 20P, while the demand for the older crowd is Qd (>35) = 1400 - 40P.

Shakespeare Theater tells you that their costs are a fixed $12,350 to put on the show, plus $5 in marginal cost for each individual who attends (same cost regardless of age).

(a) If Shakespeare Theatre can separate the two groups (they will just look at IDs to determine age), what price should they charge to each group? How many people from each group will buy tickets? What is the theatre's total profit?

(b) If DC passes a law banning age discrimination in pricing, and Shakespeare Theatre can no longer price discriminate (but is still a monopoly) - what price will they charge? What quantity will be sold? What is the total profit?

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Stevens Center is a nonprofit organization devoted its stagingplays for children. The theater has a very small
full-time professional administrative staff. Through a specialarrangement with the actors' union, actors
and directors rehearse without pay and are paid only for actualperformances.

The costs from the current year's planning budget appear below.Steven Center had tentatively planned to put
on six different productions with a total of 108 performances.For example, one of the productions was The Lion King,
which has a six-week run with three performances on eachweekend.

Stevens Center
Costs from the Planning Budget
For the Year Ended December 31
Budgeted number of productions	6
Budgeted number of performances	108
Actors' and directors' wages	$215,000
Stagehands' wages	31,900
Ticket booth personnel and ushers' wages	16,400
Scenery, costumes, and props	107,900
Theater hall rent	53,000
Printed programs	26,800
Publicity	12,200
Administrative expense	44,200
Total	$507,400

Some of the costs vary with the number of productions, some withthe number of performances, and
some are fixed and depend on neither the number of productionsnor the number of performances.
The costs of scenery, costumes, props, and publicity vary withthe number of productions.
It doesn't make any differences how many times The Lion King isperformed, the cost of the
scenery is the same. Likewise, the cost of publicizing a playwith posters and radio commericals is the
same whether there are 10,20 or 30 performances of the play. Onthe other hand, the wages of
the actors, directors, stagehands, ticket booth personnel, andushers vary with the number of
perofrmances. The greater the number of performances, the higherthe wage costs will be. Similarily,
the costs of renting the hall and printing the programs willvary with the number of performances.
Administrative expenses are more difficult to pin down, but thebest estimate is that approximately
75% of the budgeted costs are fixed, 15% depend on the number ofproductions staged, and the
remaining 10% depend on the number of performances.

After the beginning of the year, the board of directors of thetheater authorized expanding the
theater's program to seven productions and a total of 168performances. Not surprisingly, actual
costs were considerably higher than the costs from the planningbudget. (Grants from donors
and ticket sales were also correspondingly higher, but are notshown here.) Data concerning the
actual costs appear below:

Stevens Center
Costs from the Planning Budget
For the Year Ended December 31
Actual number of productions	7
Actual number of performances	168
Actors' and directors' wages	$341,600
Stagehands' wages	49,500.00
Ticket booth personnel and ushers' wages	25,800.00
Scenery, costumes, and props	130,700.00
Theater hall rent	78,100.00
Printed programs	38,400.00
Publicity	15,200.00
Administrative expense	47,100.00
Total	$726,400

1. Prepare a flexible budget for the Stevens Center based on theactual activity of the year.


























2. Prepare a flexible budget performance report for the yearthat shows both spending variance
and activity variances.
Stevens Theater
Flexible Budget Performance Report
For the Year Ended December 31
	Actual Results	Spending Variances	Flexible Budget	Activity Variances	Planning Budget

Actual number of productions	7
Actual number of performances	168
Actors' and directors' wages	$341,600
Stagehands' wages	49,500.00
Ticket booth personnel and ushers' wages	25,800.00
Scenery, costumes, and props	130,700.00
Theater hall rent	78,100.00
Printed programs	38,400.00
Publicity	15,200.00
Administrative expense	47,100.00
Total	$726,400













3. If you were on the board of directors of the theater, wouldyou be pleased with how
costs were controlled during the year? Why or why not?















4. The cost formula provide figures for the average cost perproduction and average cost per performance.
How accurate do you think these figures would be for predictingthe cost of a new production or of an additiional performance of aparticular production?

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Stevens Center isa nonprofit organization devoted its staging plays for children.The theater has a very small
full-time professionaladministrative staff. Through a special arrangement with theactors' union, actors
and directors rehearse withoutpay and are paid only for actual performances.

The costs from the currentyear's planning budget appear below. Steven Center had tentativelyplanned to put
on six different productionswith a total of 108 performances. For example, one of theproductions was The Lion King,
which has a six-week run withthree performances on each weekend.

StevensCenter
Costs from the PlanningBudget
For the Year Ended December31
Budgeted number of productions	6
Budgeted number of performances	108
Actors' and directors' wages	$215,000
Stagehands' wages	31,900
Ticket booth personnel and ushers'wages	16,400
Scenery, costumes, and props	107,900
Theater hall rent	53,000
Printed programs	26,800
Publicity	12,200
Administrative expense	44,200
Total	$507,400

Some of the costs vary withthe number of productions, some with the number of performances,and
some are fixed and depend onneither the number of productions nor the number ofperformances.
The costs of scenery,costumes, props, and publicity vary with the number ofproductions.
It doesn't make anydifferences how many times The Lion King is performed, the cost ofthe
scenery is the same. Likewise,the cost of publicizing a play with posters and radio commericalsis the
same whether there are 10,20or 30 performances of the play. On the other hand, the wagesof
the actors, directors,stagehands, ticket booth personnel, and ushers vary with the numberof
perofrmances. The greater thenumber of performances, the higher the wage costs will be.Similarily,
the costs of renting the halland printing the programs will vary with the number ofperformances.
Administrative expenses aremore difficult to pin down, but the best estimate is thatapproximately
75% of the budgeted costs arefixed, 15% depend on the number of productions staged, and the
remaining 10% depend on thenumber of performances.

After the beginning of theyear, the board of directors of the theater authorized expandingthe
theater's program to sevenproductions and a total of 168 performances. Not surprisingly,actual
costs were considerably higherthan the costs from the planning budget. (Grants from donors
and ticket sales were alsocorrespondingly higher, but are not shown here.) Data concerningthe
actual costs appear below:

StevensCenter
Costs from the PlanningBudget
For the Year Ended December31
Actual number of productions	7
Actual number of performances	168
Actors' and directors' wages	$341,600
Stagehands' wages	49,500.00
Ticket booth personnel and ushers'wages	25,800.00
Scenery, costumes, and props	130,700.00
Theater hall rent	78,100.00
Printed programs	38,400.00
Publicity	15,200.00
Administrative expense	47,100.00
Total	$726,400

1. Prepare a flexible budgetfor the Stevens Center based on the actual activity of theyear.

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THEA 1023FF Midterm: Twelfth Night

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